Ornamental Prints and Engravings

Print works combining mythological themes with intricate ornamentation, illustrating the artistic style and craftsmanship of past eras.

Paris, Tavernier, Melchior, France, Rabel, Daniel, Cartouches de diferentes Inventions, Cartouche with two monster heads, The monster at the top has elephant ears. In the cartouche depicts a landscape. Sheet 1 from a series of 13 sheets with cartouches in French lobe style., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 178 mm, width 131 mm, 1578 - 1637-01-03, print maker, printmaker, 1632 - 1632, second quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, 1564 - 1641, publisher

Crowned coat of arms with a climbing lion. Design for a print.

Vaas in Cartouche, Jean Lepautre, c. 1650 - C. 1664 print Vase with bouquet flowers in oval list with a variant for the right half. From the second edition. print maker: France (possibly)after own design by: France (possibly)publisher: Paris paper etching

Daniel Hopfer, Reliquary with Pietà Reliquary with Pietà

Design for a Coat of Arms with Two Dragons and Initials ? in center (recto); Three Constructed Circles with Inscriptions (verso) 1700-1780 Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century Italian. Design for a Coat of Arms with Two Dragons and Initials ? in center (recto); Three Constructed Circles with Inscriptions (verso) 340335

New ABC Booklet: M, 1627. Lucas Kilian (German, 1579-1637). Engraving;

Soil; That was there / terra; The elements. In Rocaille Omraming the Earth element, flowers and two putti. Publisher number 108.

bekend, Augsburg, Engelbrecht, Martin, Baur, Johann, Degmair, Philipp Andreas, De vierelementen, Rocaille met vogels, unknown, verso - gestempeld, The element lucht. Various species of birds fly around the rocaille. An owl sits at the top. Top right 139 numbered., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 235 mm, width 177 mm, 1711 - 1771, print maker, printmaker, 1719 - 1749, paper, papier, etching, etchings, German, 1701 - 1800, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1684-09-16 - 1756-01-18, publisher, uitgever van privilege

Letter F 1630 Germany. Engraving on paper . Peter Aubry

Edge of circular plate with leaf tendrils, masks and putti, Anthonie de Winter, C. de Moelder, 1696

publisher, publisher" Paris, Jacquard, Antoine, France, Watch case decorations of oval medallions, Border with grotesque figures, mainads and tendrils, Paris, Oval medallion with Acteon., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 59 mm, width 48 mm, French - 1640, print maker, printmaker, 1610 - 1615, first quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication

Italy, Maglioli, Giovanni Andrea, Composition of two faces, a horse's head and a goat's head, verso - stamped, Composition of two faces of men, the head of a goat and the head of a horse. The right man's beard hair is braided. Set in an oval with ornamental masks in the four corners., print, prent, prints, height 151 mm, width 106 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1590 - 1660, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, Work conception, Italian

Copy of the Center of a Design for a Brooch after 1580-1600 after Johann Theodor de Bry Netherlandish Copy of the center of a brooch design, with a circular scene showing female figures addressing a horned male figure at left, framed by ornamental blackwork design with putti.. Copy of the Center of a Design for a Brooch. after Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561-1623 Bad Schwalbach). after 1580-1600. Engraving and blackwork

Pendant with four stones; Designs for hangers; Design for jewelry. At the top left is a female sater in the roller and a male at the top right. On the underside of the pendant, two men with hats hang out in the wheelchair. One of five blades with precious stones and pearls in setting up rollerwork and grotesken.

Italy, Giardini, Giovanni, Rome, Limpach, Maximilian Joseph, Disegni diversi inventati e delineati da Giovanni Giardini da Forlì, Various church objects, Candlestick with two women ending in leaf ornament, recto top left - handwritten in brown ink, print, ornament print, prints, ornamental prints, verso - stamped, 68, height 280 mm, width 189 mm, Czech, print maker, printmaker, 1714 - 1714, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Italian, 1646 - 1722, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Work conception

Zürich, Meyer, Dietrich, Pear-shaped pendants, Pendant with a herm flanked by two swans, Top left is the fox with a man's head, seated next to a naked man without arms; top right the lion and the horse; bottom left the crow who wanted to imitate an eagle but got entangled in the fleece of a sheep; bottom right the frog and the ox. One of 8 unnumbered sheets from a series of 12 with pear-shaped pendants with grotesques, birds, fish and garlands, set in a structure of scrollwork and Schweifwerk., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 76 mm, width 73 mm, Swiss, 1572-02-26 - 1658-12-12, print maker, printmaker, 1600 - 1600, first quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Michel Dorigny, after Simon Vouet, Ornamental Panel Surmounted by Two Putti and a Vase, 1647 Ornamental Panel Surmounted by Two Putti and a Vase

Bombario Actionist en de Geest van Esopus Bombario the stockholder, and the ghost of Aesop. Buysen, Pieter van. 1720. Prints, Caricatures. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, Political satire

Panel of Grotesques 1530-85 Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau. Panel of Grotesques. Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau (French, Paris 1510/12-1585 Annecy). 1530-85. Etchings. Prints

Ornamental Motif Surmounted by a Coat of Arms 1640-50 Leonardo Scaglia Italian. Ornamental Motif Surmounted by a Coat of Arms 341228

Drawing, Two Candlesticks; Italy; pen and brown ink, brown wash, black chalk support: light brown paper laid down; 31.4 x 21.2 cm (12 3/8 x 8 3/8 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Italy, Giardini, Giovanni, Rome, Limpach, Maximilian Joseph, Various inventories and delineations of Giovanni Giardini da Forlì, Various ecclesiastical objects, Tomb with putti and the Arma Christi, verso - stamped, Numbered top left: no. 20., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 267 mm, width 170 mm, Czech, print maker, printmaker, 1714 - 1714, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Italian, 1646 - 1722, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Work conception

A Headpiece in the Form of a Fan. Dated: c. 1589/1595. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: AGOSTINO CARRACCI.

Titelblad: Modern ceilings, Nicolas Pierre Loir, 1634 - 1716 print Half of square ceiling with an empty surface in the middle and a variant for the right half. The edge is decorated with women, sphinxes and eagles. From the second edition. print maker: France (possibly)after own design by: France (possibly)publisher: Paris paper etching

Stefano Della Bella, Cartouche with Two Nymphs Metamorphosed into Trees, 1647 Cartouche with Two Nymphs Metamorphosed into Trees

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), five small pieces for the poemata of the urban pope VIII, the arms of the urban pope VIII. First piece (A. de Vesme 911. Dutuit 39) (main title). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

After Martin Schongauer, Panel Ornament with an Owl, original: 1480, engraving on laid paper.

Architectural Elements, Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen, French, 1720 - 1778, Engraving on paper, France, 18th century, Print, Print

Letter R. Peter Aubry; German, 1596-1668. Date: 1630. Dimensions: 243 x 199 mm. Engraving on paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Peter Aubry.

Vases and Vessels, nos. 248-254 ("Designs for Various Ornaments," pl. 44) July 17, 1791 Michelangelo Pergolesi These designs for footed vessels are numbered from 248 to 254. The print comes from a group that Pergolesi made and published serially in London between 1777 and 1792. There is no title page, but a prospectus of ca. 1786 described the group as: "A great variety of original designs of vases, figures, medallions, friezes, pilasters, panels and other ornaments, in the Etruscan and grotesque style." The complete set contains 67 plates numbered 1-66 (two are numbered 56), with designs within the plates irregularly numbered 1-435 (in Roman numerals at first, then with Arabic numbers). In 1801, after Pergolesi's death, four additional plates of designs were published by a bookseller Dulouchamp (or Dulonchamp).. Vases and Vessels, nos. 248-254 ("Designs for Various Ornaments," pl. 44). Michelangelo Pergolesi (Italian, active from 1760-died 1801). July 17, 1791. Etching and engraving

Titelblad: Modern ceilings, 1634 - 1716 print Half of square ceiling with an empty surface in the middle and a variant for the right half. The edge is decorated with women, sphinxes and eagles. Page 1 from series of title page and 11 numbered sheets. Second edition. print maker: France (possibly)after own design by: France (possibly)publisher: Paris paper etching

Design for Tabernacle, from 'Tabernacles', Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618-1682, Etching on paper, Europe, France, ca. 1660, Print, Print

Horizontal Panel with a Bird, from Varii Generis Opera Aurifabris Necessaria ca. 1600 Paul Birckenhultz German Ornamental frieze with a large bird with out-stretched wings at center, surrounded by scrolling tendrils. The bird holds the end of a tendril in its long, straight beak. From a series of six plates with horizontally hatched backgrounds. According to Berliner, the backgrounds of the plates in this series were further darkened at a later date.. Horizontal Panel with a Bird, from Varii Generis Opera Aurifabris Necessaria 423577

Two fronton -shaped ornaments, 1666 - Before 1678 This print is part of an album. after design by: Wemdingpublisher: Neurenberg paper engraving auricular ornament, lobe style ~ ornament

Study of a Vase, Benjamin West, 1738-1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763), Undated, Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 5 × 3 3/8 inches (12.7 × 8.6 cm) and Spine: 5 inches (12.7 cm)

Putti on garland; Frisians. An Fries with three putti sitting on fruitguirlands. Right a half rectangular cartouche with a mask on the left corner.

Cartouche with two dragons and two children, c. 1628 print Passionate copy to page 17 from series with cartouches in frames of rolling work with grotesken, garlands and mascarons published by Pierre Mariette. France paper engraving

Panel with the fire element; Le FEV; Panels with arabesken and modern grotesken. In the middle above the coat of arms of England is depicted, the abduction of Europe can be seen in the large cartouche at the bottom. From series of 6 blades, including 4 blades with the four elements and two blades on which two vertical panels are always.

Panels of Ornament, nos. CLXXXVI-CXCII ("Designs for Various Ornaments," pl. 36) February 29, 1782 Michelangelo Pergolesi These designs, numbered CLXXXVI to CXCII, include panels of ornament with military trophies and two medallions that showing Leda and the swan. At center there is a vase with a handle of entwined snakes and a body decorated with swans near two dripping fountains below. The print comes from a group that Pergolesi made and published serially in London between 1777 and 1792. There is no title page, but a prospectus of ca. 1786 described the group as: "A great variety of original designs of vases, figures, medallions, friezes, pilasters, panels and other ornaments, in the Etruscan and grotesque style." The complete set contains 67 plates numbered 1-66 (two are numbered 56), with designs within the plates irregularly numbered 1-435 (in Roman numerals at first, then with Arabic numbers). In 1801, after Pergolesi's death, four additional plates of designs were published by

Ornament with two fighting tritons, Ralf Leopold von Retberg, 1846 print paper anthropomorphic ornament. triton(s)

Print (France)

Victories of King William III in Ireland, 1690, Daniel de Lafeuille, 1690 - 1691 print Large print on two magazines in which the victories of King William III in Ireland and the victories of the Allies over France are celebrated in the year 1690. Upper half with the Battle of the Boyne on July 11, 1690. With fame in the air and in the front of the English unicorn and the Dutch lion. Six smaller scenes of the battle between William III and Jacobus II on either side. Bottom half with the stuck Almanak for the year 1691 under the battle at Naples surrounded by six tokens. On both sides smaller scenes of the battle between William III and Jacobus II in Ireland and between the Allies and France, on the right the conquest of Canada by the English. Northern Netherlands paper etching / letterpress printing Battle (+ Land Forces). Hunger; 'Fama', 'Good fame', 'Chiara fame' (Ripa) Boyne Battlesite. Canada. Naples

Element water as a young man with vases from which water flows, Nicolaes de Bruyn, Assuerus van Londerseel, 1581 - 1656

Nuremberg, Weigel, Johann Christoph, Eisler, Johann Leonhard, Neu inventirte Festonen von Früchten und Blumen mit Laub und Bandel-Werck, Garlands of fruit, flowers and leaves, Garland of fruit, verso - stamped, Arabesque ornament with a garland of acanthus leaves and various types of fruit and ribbons., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height, 132 mm, width mm, print maker, printmaker, 1707 - 1725, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, - 1733, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1661-07-15 - 1726, publisher

Panel with painting from flight to Egypt; Ornements de Panneaux. Panel in list of oak leaves.

François Le Febvre, Saint Denis en France, probably 1665 Saint Denis en France

Atlas changed to a mountain by Perseus, 1584 print Cartouche with Perseus at Atlas that turns into a mountain. The cartouche is caught in an ornament frame with grotesken against an shaded background. At the bottom left and bottom right a triton and a nereïd with fed front legs. Netherlands (possibly) paper engraving Atlas turned into a mountain as punishment for his inhospitality. animals (+ symmetrically placed ornamental animals). triton(s). other Nereids (or sea-nymphs). ornament ~ cartouche. ornament ~ grotesque

Cartouche Crowned by Helmet and Leopards. Artist: Etched by Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Date: 1647. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Nuremberg, Sandrart, Jakob von, Germany, Heckenauer, Leonhard, Susanne Maria von, Neues Romanisches Laubwerck Büchlein, Frame with Venus and Cupid and frame with nude woman, Two frames, each with two variants for the right half. In the left frame are Venus and Cupid, in the right a nude woman seen from behind, with Roman buildings in the background. Sheet 2 of a series of 6 sheets with German copies, two compositions per sheet., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 180 mm, width 240 mm, German, 1658-08-10 - 1716-12-20, print maker, printmaker, 1668 - 1708, third quarter 17th century, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, first quarter 18e eeuw, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1650 - 1704, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1630-05-31 - 1708-08-15, publisher

New ABC Booklet: R, 1627. Lucas Kilian (German, 1579-1637). Engraving;

Etching by Albrecht Altdorfer depicting a lid cup decorated with grotesque motifs on a white background around 1520-1525.

Oval with venus and amor; Gold and silversmanship. Design for oval medallion.

Beham, Barthel, Frankfurt am Main, Hans Sebald, Coat of arms with a cock on a shield, verso center - stamped, the bird is repeated in the decoration with foliage and surrounded by a text band with the inscription: EIN WAPEN ZV EINEM SIGEL. Mirrored copy after a print by Barthel Beham., print, prent, prints, height 70 mm, width 48 mm, German, 1502 - 1550-11-22, print maker, printmaker, 1543 - 1543, second quarter 16th century, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1502 - 1540

Ornaments Chinois (Bound Collection of Chinoiserie Panels) ca. 1765 Etched, designed, and published by François Vivares French. Ornaments Chinois (Bound Collection of Chinoiserie Panels). Etched, designed, and published by François Vivares (French, Saint-Jean-du-Bruel 1709-1780 London). ca. 1765. Etching. Books

Antwerp, Galle, Cornelis (II), Lepautre, Jean, Varie soffiti, Ceiling and part of a wall, At the top a quarter of a ceiling. At the bottom a part of a wall: behind an open pediment with a river god. Print is part of an album., print, ornamental print, album sheet, prints, height 220 mm, width 146 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1615 - 1678-10-18, print maker, printmaker, 1650 - 1678, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, French, 1618-06-28 - 1682-02-02, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Copper engraving by Nicoletto da Modena, early 16th century, depicting an ornament featuring a birdcage, illustrating decorative motifs and symbolic imagery.

Plate 9, from XX Stuck zum (ornamental designs for goblets and beakers). Master A.P.; German, active early 17th century. Date: 1601. Dimensions: 100 x 90 mm (image); 115 x 110 mm (plate); 130 x 110 mm (sheet). Punch engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Drawing (Italy)

Adam, leaf from the consequence of Godfather, Adam and Eva with rich framing. .

Family crest Van Rogendorf, Anonymous, After Albrecht Dürer, 1850 - 1949 print paper armorial bearing, heraldry

Portrait of a young man (Vanitas), monogramemist AC (16th century), 1520 - 1562 print Young man with cloak and hat, and skull in chest. Mints and dice on the table. Low Countries paper engraving (Personifications of) 'Vanitas', The Vanity of Human Life; Humana fragility, fleeting of sizes & of world glory, meditation of death, vain work, vain pleasure, vain glory, vanita (Ripa). Skull as symbol of 'Vanitas'. coin

Can with naked female figures, unknown, c. 1750 drawing Bologna (possibly) paper drawing

Albrecht Dürer, Coat of Arms of Michael Behaim, probably c 1520 Coat of Arms of Michael Behaim

Louis XIV (King of France), Paris, Langlois, François, Italy, Bella, Stefano della, France, Collignon, Cartouches, Cartouche with head of old man, verso lower left - stamped, The man is wearing a hat., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 89 mm, width 174 mm, French, 1610 - 1687, print maker, printmaker, 1645 - 1647, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1589-05-12 - 1647-01-14, publisher, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, granter of privilege

Crowned coat of arms flanked by Griffions, Bernard Picart (workshop or), After Bernard Picart, 1720 print A crowned coat of arms with a two -headed eagle and a boar. At the top right and bottom left also a two -headed eagle. The weapon is flanked by two griffins. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.)

Flat decoration with taste; Persons of the five senses surrounded by grotesken with animals and fruits. A woman with fruits between two monkeys. Shaded background. From series consisting of a title page and 5 sheets with flat decorations.

Quarter ceiling with two men leaning over a balustrade, after 1644 - 1710 print Quarter ceiling with two men leaning over a balustrade. From series of 6 sheets with opposite copies to a series of quarts the ceilings of Jean Lepautre. Print is part of an album. after print by: Parispublisher: Antwerp (possibly) paper etching ornaments ~ art. (decorated) ceiling. 'trompe l'oeil'

Summer, Antonio Tempesta, 1592 print A naked woman with a bundle of grain in her hand on a car that is pulled by birds. The show is surrounded by an ornamental decorative edge with medallions with the months, Ceres and Saturn. paper etching summer, 'Aestas'; 'Estate' (Ripa). (story of) Saturn (Cronus) - attributes. (story of) Ceres (Demeter)

The evangelist John in cartouche, Pieter van der Heyden, Jacob Floris, Hieronymus Cock, 1566

Chinoiserie Ornament ca. 1760-85 Jean Pillement Reverse copy of motif in the Ladies Amusement of plate 55.. Chinoiserie Ornament. Jean Pillement (French, Lyons 1728-1808 Lyons). ca. 1760-85. Etching

Ornament with Griffin Ornamentfüllung mit Greif. 1501 - 1600. Hopfer, Daniel, 1470-1536. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Picart, Bernard, Amsterdam, Seated putto with a laurel wreath in his hands, verso - stamped, Ornament with a seated putto holding a laurel wreath in his hands. On the left and right a flower vase., print, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Unknown coat of arms, c. 1600 - c. 1699 print At the top is a helmet with an open crown with a ship in it. paper engraving

Candlestick 1525 René Boyvin French. Candlestick. Dessins d'aiguieres, etc. no. 7. René Boyvin (French, Angers ca. 1525-1598 or 1625/6 Angers). 1525. Engraving. Prints

Title plate, from Bullarum Inaurium etc. Archetypi Artificiosi Pars Altera (Pendants, Earrings, etc. Designs of the Most Skillful Nature, Part Two), Hans Collaert the Elder, Flemish, ca. 1530 - 1581, Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 - 1618, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Engraving on paper, laid and gilded, Two pendants in the form of sea monsters hanging from bow knots. Riding on their backs are Apollo and Venus, respectively. Above: Pars Altera., Antwerp, Belgium, 1582, ornament, Print, Print

Pilgrim and young man; Figures in landscapes; 14me Livre O Morceaux The Caprice A Divers Usages. A pilgrim, a young man with staff and a boy stand in a landscape at a fountain (). Around the show an oramic frame.

Tablet and an escutcheon, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746-1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, Below is a rectangularly framed tablet, rising in the center, with a mask in front. Upon it stands an escutcheon with on top a wreath with an inversed shell and a crown. Above, laterally, are the upper parts of weapons, below two putti sitting upon cornucopias, the left one with a helmet, the right one with a scale. Usual background., Rome, Italy, 1780-1800, graphic design, Drawing, Drawing

France, Delaune, Etienne, Mirror with the Death of Juliet, Mirror: oval with a representation of the death of Juliet, Oval, in a frame of scrollwork with grotesques, figures, mascarons and garlands. A ring hangs from the handle. One sheet from a series of two., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 221 mm, width 105 mm, French, 1519 - 1583, print maker, printmaker, 1561 - 1561, second quarter 16th century, third quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528), Coat of Arms of the German Empire and Nuremberg City, 1521, woodcut

Frieze Design with Strapwork and a Satyr holding a Fantastical Creature (recto); Two Candelabra Grotesques (verso) ca. 1545-60 attributed to Andrés de Melgar Spanish. Frieze Design with Strapwork and a Satyr holding a Fantastical Creature (recto); Two Candelabra Grotesques (verso) 337488

Design for the award-winning weapon Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck in an ornamental cartouche. .

'Aqua' in a Decorative Border with Sea Creatures, from a Series of Circular Designs with the Four Elements 1590-1612 Crispijn de Passe the Elder Netherlandish Design for a circular plate with the element of Water personified as a standing female figure holding a shell in her left and and leaning on an over turned vessel, which issues a stream of water and fish. This scene is shown in a medallion at center and is surrounded by a broad band with various aquatic animals and sea monsters, including two horses with fish's tails below. Plate 3 from a series of four devoted to the Four Elements.. 'Aqua' in a Decorative Border with Sea Creatures, from a Series of Circular Designs with the Four Elements 425894

Two children next to a vase. Flat decoration with two children holding the trunk of a double goal with a hand. In the other hand they wear a bat. The child on the left is seen on the back.

Wapentrophe with shield with skull.

Double jar, decorated with leaves; Vases, jugs and jars. One of 11 sheets from a series of 22. Shaded background.

Arabesque Design for a Panel, Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper, Gaine with the bust of Dionysus supporting a bowl full of bunches of grapes and leaves from which a faun with a thyrsus and two acanthus scrolls rise. A disk with roses and a trophy are suspended from the scroll at right. A flower basket standing upon the head of the half-figure of a lion, below. The left half shows the half-figure of a lion supporting a flower basket over which a thyrsus rises and to which a trophy of pastoral musical instruments is fastened. Framing strip., France, ca. 1775, ornament, drawing, drawing

Quarter ceiling with an edge of alternating consoles and rectangular panels, after 1644 - 1710 print Quarter ceiling with an edge of alternating consoles and rectangular panels. The panels each with a fruitguirle. From series of 6 sheets with opposite copies to a series of quarts the ceilings of Jean Lepautre. Print is part of an album. after print by: Parispublisher: Antwerp (possibly) paper etching ornaments ~ art. (decorated) ceiling. ornament ~ festoon, garland

KANDELABABERS MET CARSKES, 1480 - 1536 print Flat decoration. Two designs on a magazine. At the foot of the left candelabar there are two griffon -like creatures with satin heads, at the foot of the right two saters blowing on scales. Germany (possibly) paper etching

Paris, Vouet, Simon, France, Dorigny, Michel, Book of Diverse Grotesques, Painters in the Cabinet of the Queen Regent, at the Royal Palace, Wall panel with two putti under an octagonal frame, verso lower left - stamped, A landscape is depicted in the frame., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 244 mm, width 102 mm, French, 1617 - 1665-02-21, print maker, printmaker, 1647 - 1647, second quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1590-01-09 - 1649-06-30, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Rocaille met ganzenhoedend paar; Pastorale scènes.Three seed beads with performances. Under a landscape with a goose thread couple. In the upper two seed beads poultry; Left ducks and right chickens. At the top left 282 numbered.

ANTEPORTADA DEL LIBRO ESTATUTOS Y ORDENANZAS DEL REAL CUERPO DE LA MAESTRANZA DE GRANADA - 1764. Author: JOAQUIN IBARRA (1725-1785). Location: SENADO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Panel filling with monument with lobster and fish, Gerrit Visscher, 1690 - 1710 print Panel filling with a monument with water bird, lobsters, nets and fish below. Above that a resting and drinking couple in a landscape. All over a putto with the moon melon. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching ornament derived from plant forms. fishes. crustaceans: lobster

Quote:NEQVE SECVNDARVM RERVM PROVENTV IN SOLENTER ABVTI....in cartouche. A border of laurel leaves is tied around the text. At top center hangs a mascaron with claws. Shaded background. From series of title page and 12 sheets of cartouches with quotations from classical writers in a frame of scrollwork with grotesques, mascarons and garlands, Oval cartouche with a quotation from Valerius Maximus Variarum protractionum (...) (series title), print maker: Frans Huys, Hans Vredeman de Vries, publisher: Gerard de Jode, Netherlands, (possibly), 1555, paper, etching, h 175 mm × w 132 mm

Man, eagle and lion between leaf raft; Frisians with leaf refines. The man whose lower body sprouts from a leaf rank, is on a pedestal right.

Copper engraving 'Leaves with a Tendril' by Martin Schongauer, late 15th century, depicting botanical elements with detailed leaves and curling tendrils.

A 1560 woodcut by Dürers school shows the coat of arms of Christoph III. Scheurl and Sabina Geuderin, featuring shields, symbols, and heraldic decoration.

Symmetric Ornamental Frieze with Two Fighting Hybridic Creatures (Half Satyr, Half Dragon) holding Fish. Artist: Sebald Beham (German, Nuremberg 1500-1550 Frankfurt); formerly attributed to Dürer-School (German, first half 16th century). Dimensions: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 17 7/8 in. (21.9 x 45.4 cm). Date: 1500-1550. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Aldegrever, Heinrich, Germany, Plane decoration with grotesques, verso bottom center - handwritten, Plane decoration with a mask between two horns of plenty on which birds sit. Below the mask a bird with a satyr on either side., print, engraving, ornamental print, prints, 23, height 67 mm, width 49 mm, German, 1502 - 1561, print maker, printmaker, 1549 - 1549, second quarter 16th century, paper, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Two oval, on the left with a dog, on the right with a bear, c. 1600 - c. 1699 print From series of 12 magazines. Germany (possibly) paper

Cartouche with two floating putti; Cartouches The Differantes Inventions (...). In the compartment you can see a landscape with a city in the background. Leaf 3 from series of 13 sheets with cartouches in French lobe style. From first edition.

Design for an Oval Gold Box Hubert François Gravelot French. Design for an Oval Gold Box. Hubert François Gravelot (French, Paris 1699-1773 Paris). Pen and gray and black ink over graphite, with brush and yellow and rose wash on top. Drawings

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